HARARE (Reuters) – A newly established Zimbabwean company has started making cigars for export, aiming to take on established players while developing a culture of cigar smoking at home.
A worker hand rolls cigars at the premises of Zimbabwean company Mosi-Oa-Tunya Cigars, in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 12, 2020. Picture taken June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Mosi-Oa-Tunya, the local name for Victoria Falls which means “the smoke that thunders”, is the first firm to make cigars in the southern African nation whose economic troubles have been compounded by the new coronavius pandemic.
After living and working in the United States for 15 years, Shep Mafundikwa returned home last year to set up Mosi-Oa-Tunya.
Since March, an all-women staff has been undergoing on-th